BRIEFCASE.Byline: - Daily News New Dollar Tree to open Saturday PANORAMA CITY - Dollar Tree will open a location at the Panorama Plaza in Panorama City on Saturday. The opening is part of a company initiative next week that will include 21 grand openings nationwide. The Virginia-based company currently operates 2,735 Dollar Tree stores in 48 states. Opening-day shoppers at Panorama City will be able to buy 50-ounce containers of Tide liquid detergent Noun 1. liquid detergent - a detergent in liquid form detergent - a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension and 26-ounce cans of Folgers coffee for $1 each. BioSource target in buyout attempt CAMARILLO - Medical products manufacturer BioSource International Inc. was the subject of an solicited $82 million buyout offer by a rival Wednesday. Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., which already owns about 5 percent of BioSource and has been pursuing acquisition for two years, offered to pay $8.50 per share for the company. The after-hours announcement sent BioSource's shares, which had closed down 27 cents, at $6.75, soaring - advancing by $3.75, to $10.50, in late trading Late trading Late trading of mutual fund shares occurs when investors placing trades after 4 PM receive the 4 PM price. These late traders can use the information revealed after 4 PM to guide their trades: buying funds when their current value is greater than their 4 PM value and . CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. wins state deals Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis announced Wednesday that it has been awarded state contracts to provide real estate leasing and brokerage services in both Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern and Southern California. The three-year contracts began March 1, and the state has the option to extend them for three one-year periods. Both contracts were awarded through competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. . CB Richard Ellis is the first preferred partner selected by the state as a consultant on leasing projects in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , according to the company. DirecTV accused of patent violation SUNNYVALE - Finisar Corp., a maker of gear for optical networks, on Wednesday accused DirecTV Group Inc. of violating patents for an information-transmission system. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas, Sunnyvale-based Finisar seeks monetary damages and injunctive relief injunctive relief n. a court-ordered act or prohibition against an act or condition which has been requested, and sometimes granted, in a petition to the court for an injunction. . Finisar representatives claimed that DirecTV, the nation's largest direct broadcast satellite provider, infringed patents for technology that provides access to the contents of a large database while using a manageable amount of bandwidth. DirecTV, of El Segundo, is controlled by News Corp. McNamara to part from Telemundo MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. - James M. McNamara, president and chief executive of Telemundo for the past six years, said Wednesday that he will resign when his current contract expires Friday. Don Browne, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of the Hialeah, Fla.-based Spanish-language network, will replace him. McNamara, who is planning to launch independent production ventures, said he and parent company NBC Universal could not agree on terms for a new employment contract at Telemundo. He declined to divulge the sticking point in negotiations. At the helm of Telemundo since 1999, McNamara is credited with putting a floundering network, suffering from identity crisis, back on track. MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. bidding war could keep going DENVER - Four major MCI shareholders criticized the company's board on Wednesday for favoring a $7.5 billion takeover by Verizon over a higher-price offer from Qwest, raising the likelihood that the biggest telecom bidding war in six years will continue. Like Qwest Communications International Inc., the shareholders were mulling their next step and voicing frustration that MCI Inc.'s board has repeatedly rejected Qwest's overtures. |
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